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After a trip to the southern border, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said he has a new understanding of the issues the country faces with border security. "This overall experience that I have had on the southern border provided me with a better perspective, which was what I was looking for," Tester said. "A better perspective on how we need to secure the borders, while we do it in the most cost-effective way." Tester said Wednesday during a telephone press conference from...
Havre Police Department Joseph Dale Onco of Havre, 20, was arrested on a state District Court warrant and a Justice or City court warrant, as well as charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of dangerous drugs, after a First Street Northeast caller asked officers Tuesday at 8:12 a.m. for help dealing with a man on the property. -- A summons was issued after a First Street caller reported a restraining order violation Tuesday at 9:16 a.m. No details on the...
Globally known speaker and author Ganel-Lyn Condie will be holding two separate presentations in Havre Friday to raise awareness about suicide and self-esteem. Condie will be speaking at the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line Teen Center at 4 p.m. and again at 7 at Havre Inn and Suites. Both events will be free and open to the public. Boys & Girls Club event organizer Susan Brurud said that once she heard Condie would be hosting a presentation at Havre Inn and Suites she wanted to see if she would be interested in speaking at...
A proposal in the Montana Legislature would divert funds from counties across Montana and put them into the state Office of the Public Defender, through an amendment attached to HB 2. Office of Public Defender Director Rhonda Schaffer said the office has had a tough time staying within budget even after trimming $7 million in expenditures. The state has provided the office a supplemental fund of $7 million. Hearings are underway in Helena in the Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on the Judicial Branch, Law E...
While not yet anything close to the flooding that hit the area last year or in other parts of Montana this year, officials report that streams in this part of the state are starting to overflow. Hill County Disaster and Emergency Services coordinator Dave Sheppard reported this morning that a stream gauge on Big Sandy Creek is showing minor flooding. People who live on or near the creek should be prepared for higher-than-normal water levels, Sheppard said. The Milk River near Havre and Harlem, where National Weather Service...
As part of the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line's strategic plan for 2017, the club has completed building a bus garage and is providing daily bus service for children. "Just, really, being able to know that we are serving the ones that need us most," HELP Committee and Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line Executive Director Krista Solomon said. Solomon said the club built the bus garage to better maintain its bus and increase the bus' use. The club has had the bus for a number of...
From Department of Labor Montana Department of Labor Commissioner Galen Hollenbaugh announced Monday that the Montana Registered Apprenticeship Program will award more than $150,000 in grants to assist businesses and educators in creating new apprenticeship programs across the state. “We are thrilled to offer these apprenticeship grants to our partners who know creating good jobs and developing an educated and well-trained workforce is critical to maintaining a strong economy in Montana,” Hollenbaugh said. “We will continue t...
Hill County Weed Board will meet March 29 at 11 a.m. at the Hill County Shop. • Call to order: Minutes • Public comment • Correspondence • Unfinished business: Spring coordinator meeting • New business: Budget; purchase orders; grants; state weed coordinator; burdock project in the schools....
There's never a shortage of talent when it comes to boys basketball on the Hi-Line and team success, and the annual Havre Daily News All Hi-Line Team supports that thought. And in 2019, the talent was on display on the Hi-Line. From the historic run by the Chinook Sugarbeeters, to another standout year in Rocky Boy, to a much-improved Havre Blue Pony squad, and everywhere in between, it was another outstanding year of boys basketball in our coverage area, and the 2019 All...
Passage of Senate Bill 338, the Montana Museums Act of 2020, is very important to all of Montana by providing a thoughtful and financially responsible way for us to preserve our history from the local to the state level. History is important. To understand our present, we must understand our past. And that understanding can shape our future. As Winston Churchill said: “The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” We are all history. We all have a story to be told. How did our ancestors com...
Editor’s note: This is the first part of an editorial discussing American Prairie Reserve’s stated goal of assembling private land in the Northern Great Plains north of the C.M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge that can be managed with public land to provide wildlife conservation, including re-introduction of bison, and public access. We have all seen the colorful banners posted on roadsides, near ranch entries, and even in the windows of town businesses. A cowboy sits on horseback in front of a sunset with the words “Sa...
An open letter to Sen. Tester: I am appalled and deeply disappointed to learn of your vote against a bill that would provide life-giving care to survivors of abortion. If one were to consider the reality of a newborn left to die — regardless how “comfortable” s/he is — how would it be possible to sleep at night? Democrats claim to be the voice of “the voiceless, the helpless, the vulnerable’” a vote such as yours makes that claim tragically laughable. I am only too aware of Democrats’ determination to allow women to make t...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Registration is now open for Montana State University’s Youth Writing Camp to be held July 8-12 on the MSU campus. The workshop, hosted by the Yellowstone Writing Project, is not held in a traditional classroom setting and is instead filled with activities like walking field trips and writing games, as well as guidance and feedback throughout the writing process. The camp is led by teachers and junior counselors from the Yellowstone Writing Project, which is based in MSU’s Department of Engli...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — The Society of American Indian Graduate Students at Montana State University will host its third annual Indie-genous Film Festival Saturday in the Procrastinator Theater inside MSU’s Strand Union Building. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is free and open to the public. There will be four indigenous films featured that cover an array of topics, and attendees can stay for one film or for all: • “100 Years: One Woman’s Fight for Justice” (9 a.m.): The story of Eloise Cobell, a Blackfeet w...
(U.S. Congress) — For Montana students interested in attending one of America’s prestigious military academies, U.S. Sens. Jon Tester and Steve Daines and Congressman Greg Gianforte have announced the dates and times of their annual Academy and ROTC Days this year. The free events will take place in Bozeman, Great Falls, Billings and Missoula and feature representatives from Tester, Daines and Gianforte’s offices, as well as officials from the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S....
From Montana Department of Commerce HELENA — The Department of Commerce has published a new visitor guide to Indian Country, an early success of the recently formed Indian Country Tourism Region. The department’s latest project to grow tribal tourism in Montana, the guide will be used both as a promotional tool and a resource for travelers already here. As one of Montana’s leading industries, tourism is an economic opportunity for Indian Country — especially given travelers’ interest in exploring sites and experienc...
From Humanites Montana The Montana Center for the Book supports public book clubs in rural areas that engage in deeper, thought-provoking discussions about literature. The Big Sky Reads program, now in its second year, provides $500 stipends to book clubs for trained discussion leaders, author visits, book shipping, marketing, and other costs that enhance the humanities value of a program. Book clubs must be open to the public and meet in a public space or school. All book clubs supported by Montana Center for the Book...
To parents of preschool children in the North Star and Cottonwood School Districts and Gildford, East End and Hilldale colonies who would like to have them participate in a free Early Childhood Screening, it has been set for: Date: Thursday, April 11 Place: North Star Elementary School in Gildford Time: 9 a.m. to noon For appointments call Katie at 376-3183 The screening is sponsored by Bear Paw Cooperative....
Press release Blaine County Montana State University Extension and Triangle Communications are offering a free basic grant-writing workshop in Chinook. People and nonprofit organizations interested in learning about grant seeking and proposal writing are invited to attend the free workshop. It is set for 5:30-7 p.m. in the Blaine County Library Conference Room Tuesday, April 2. The free workshop, presented by Triangle Comminications Economic Development Specialist Anne Boothe, is designed for beginners and will include...
From U.S. Natural Resources and Conservation Service BOZEMAN — The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Montana is accepting applications for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program Wetlands Reserve Easements. While NRCS accepts easement applications on a continuous basis, NRCS has set a deadline of April 19 to apply for 2019 funding. “Easements are sometimes a perfect fit for a landowner who is looking to protect his or her land from future development or to protect and improve wetlands or provide critical h...
